now that i've fixed the spacing of p: i found what handled the backgrounds.
it was the innards of the border image. which is worrisome.
we'll hafta see if we can do this via other methods; images, basic colors, etc etc.
if its just a border that is literally just 1 px white square for a background? maybe. that might work.
HOOOOOOWWWWWWW DO I GET THIS TO BE ON TOPPPPUUHHHHHH
step 2 is minimizing the space between the first box and the top of the web page